Adesina Replies Jonathan, The Difference Between You And Buhari Is Trust

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said on Friday that the difference between his principal and former President Goodluck Jonathan is “trust”.

Adesina, who disclosed this via his Twitter handle, was responding to Jonathan’s comments on the reaction of Nigerians to the hike in petroleum products under Buhari.

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Jonathan had on Thursday slammed some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for criticisng his administration after it hiked price of petrol from N67 to N97.

In 2012 when Jonathan’s government increased the price of fuel from N67 to N97, there were a series of protest across the country. The price was later reduced to N87.

However, in 2016. The Muhammadu Buhari administration increased the pump price of PMS to N143, and there was little or no protest.

According to Jonathan, the same people who insulted him and protested against his government are surprisingly quiet, even as the pump price of petrol is N143.

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“My government was severely criticised for increasing the pump price of petroleum from N67 to N97 at a time that global crude price was going for over 100 dollars,” the former president said this while he received Tunde Adeniran, a chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Abuja.

“The pump price was later reduced to N87 when the price of crude oil dropped and they attacked us that it was supposed to be lower. Those who criticised my administration are not talking again now that the global crude oil is about 53 dollars per barrel and the pump price of petrol is N143.”

Reacting on Friday, Adesina said: “When petrol went to N145 under PMB, Nigerians held their peace, unlike when they shut the country in 2012. The difference is trust. Simple.”

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